Preview Dumbarton
Saturday, 29th Oct 2016Ladbrokes Championship: Saturday 29th October 3.00pm kick off at the Cheaper Insurance Direct Stadium
Dunfermline return to Dumbarton on Saturday for only the third time in twenty years. It will be eighth placed Pars against ninth placed Sons so both sides are bound to be fighting to avoid the gap, already of five points, widening between seventh and eighth.
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Pars v Dumbarton: The
Full League Record |
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W |
D |
L |
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TOTAL |
82 |
44 |
16 |
22 |
Dunfermline have a good record against their opponents winning more games than draws and defeats added together.
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Milestones
Dumbarton (Away) |
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Last League Victory |
05/01/13 |
1-0 |
.First Division |
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Last League Defeat |
18/04/81 |
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Best League Victory |
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5-1 |
.Sc Div 1 |
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Worst League Defeat |
12/03/38 |
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*Pre league reconstruction |
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Prior to this season, the sides had only met, in season 2012-13, on league business since April 1996 and the Pars have won eleven of the last 12 league meetings. . The last defeat at the hands of Dumbarton was in season 1986/87 and the Fifers last defeat at Dumbarton was on 16th April 1981.
| Last 12 Matches v Dumbarton |
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
R | Competition |
| 06/08/16 | H | 4-3 | W | Championship |
| 23/03/13 | H | 3-4 | L | Division One |
| 05/01/13 | A | 1-0 | W | Division One |
| 24/11/12 | H | 4-0 | W | Division One |
| 15/09/012 | A | 2-0 | W | Division One |
| 01/08/09 | A | 5-0 | W | League Cup |
| 20/04/96 | H | 4-1 | W | Division One |
| 09/03/96 | A | 3-0 | W | Division One |
| 21/10/95 | H | 3-1 | W | Division One |
| 02/09/95 | A | 4-0 | W | Division One |
| 12/04/94 | A | 2-0 | W | Scottish Cup |
| 12/02/94 | H | 3-2 | W | Division One |
Last Time at Dumbarton
Saturday 5th January 2013
There was only 50 seconds on the clock when Alex Whittle`s cross from the left was sclaffed by a defender and Andy BARROWMAN was ready to stick the ball in the net at the far post. 1-0 That was the scoring over, Andy Barrowman`s 12th goal of the season being enough to take all three points.
DUMBARTON: Jamie Ewings, Alan Lithgow, Andy Graham, Ross Forsyth, Nicky Devlin, Garry Fleming (Marc McCusker 62), Chris Turner, Scott Agnew, Jim Lister, Mark Gilhaney, Steven McDougall (Bryan Prunty 73).
SUBS NOT USED: Scott Smith, Kevin Nicol, Stephen Grindlay (GK).
DUNFERMLINE: Paul Gallacher. Jordan McMillan (c) (Ryan Thomson HT), Andy Dowie, Callum Morris, Stephen Jordan, Josh Falkingham, Shaun Byrne, Andy Geggan, Alex Whittle (Craig Dargo 85). Andy Barrowman, Ryan Wallace.
SUBS NOT USED: John Potter, Andy Kirk, Michal Hrivnak (GK).
| Current League Form | |
| Dumbarton | Dunfermline |
| League Points | |
| 6 | 7 |
| League Position | |
| 9 | 8 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -7 | -8 |
| Form Last 6 League Matches | |
| LDLDLL | LLLWDLL |
| League Record | |
| P10, W1, D3, L6 | P10, W2, D1, L7 |
Dumbarton have only won one match from the fifteen that they have played this season. That was a 1-0 home win over Dundee United in August thanks to a Mark Docherty penalty. Last season Dumbarton won 13 of their 43 competitive matches.
Dunfermline have done only marginally better than their opponents this season. The Pars have recorded only one win (at home to St Mirren) since they defeated Stevie Aitken`s Dumbarton 4-3 on the opening day of the season. Their last away league win was on 2nd April at Cliftonhill,
| .Form last six matches | ||||||
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| . Dundee United (A) | L | 1-2 | . Hibernian . (H) | L | .1-2 | |
| . Ayr United (H) | L | 0-3 | . Falkirk (A) | L | 1-2 | |
| . Queen of South (H) | D | 0-0 | . Queens Park (H) | L | 2-1 | |
| . Raith Rovers (A) | L | 2-3 | . Ayr United (A) | D |
0-0 |
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| . St Mirren (H) | D | 1-1 | . St Mirren (H) | .W |
.4-3 |
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| .Hibernian (H) | L | 0-1 | . Morton (A) | L |
1-2 |
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Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Hibs): Sean Murdoch: Lewis Martin, Lee Ashcroft, Ben Richards-Everton, Jason Talbot: Michael Paton (Paul McMullan 81), Andy Geggan (c), Nat Wedderburn, Kallum Higginbotham (Michael Moffat 69): Farid El Alagui (David Hopkirk 68), Gavin Reilly. SUBS NOT USED: Ryan Williamson, Rhys McCabe, Callum Fordyce, David Hutton (GK) DUMBARTON (v Dundee United): Alan Martin: Mark Docherty, Gregor Buchanan, Daniel Harvie, Darren Barr: Joe Thomson (Donald McCallum . 88), Josh Todd (Andy Stirling 67), Garry Fleming (Ryan Stevenson 81), Sam Stanton, David Smith, Robert Thomson. SUBS NOT USED: Craig Pettigrew, Frazer Wright, Jamie Ewings (GK) Referee will be
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